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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	13,087

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Oman, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.